I've got stamping, heat embossing, stencilling and a little die cut cat... Kinda busy? Hey ho ... I just went with it ... I've decided not to be so hard on myself and agonise over these things, after all I'm not entering these challenges ... That's down to you haha!

So this week is our final week with a Guest Designer... The lovely Danielle has been with us the whole month of January and we've loved having her, but we are changing things a little here at CCCB so stay tuned.

Our team will continue to inspire you with their creations up on the blog ... Go take a look and link up your

Sunday, January 29, 2017

Simple, or is it? There are so many things in our world that are beautiful but some can not be captured in a photograph...

You can photograph the beauty of nature

The colours and the delicate petals of a rose... But not the scent

The first show of blossom but not the joy that Spring brings...

The wildlife that visit and thrive because of these beauties

And the funny little habits of some of those visitors that both annoy and yet make you smile

But you can't photograph the beautiful relationship of trust and loveNot many would think Ginger was beautiful when we took him in

His eyes so sore and the sadness of being mistreated and unloved evident... And now?

Now you can see his beauty was always there... My last dog Holly was about to be put down till I found her in the RSPCA, dirty and neglected, ribs broken from beatings ... 2 years later, just look how beautiful she became...

Sometime you have to look beyond the surface to see beauty, sometimes the most beautiful things are only felt in our hearts...Enjoy your day~ Ros ~

Monday, January 23, 2017

It's been a busy few weeks and ages since I've been able to make anything other than DT projects and Club projects ... I spent a few days to prepared last week's project for Thursday Club, they made calendars and I don't have one to show you because I always give away my samples when we have a big class and it was a full class and very noisy!

Sadly one of our members had been in hospital and the situation is such that a safe place had to be found for him... Parent just become old and their mind gets confused... So whilst it is hard work to keep on coming up with projects, it makes the group happy and that's all I can do.

I have a little card I made a long while ago that I forgot to share ... It's another one where I drew a butterfly and flower into some loose watercolour

Sunday, January 22, 2017

It may be mid winter but there are a few things stirring in the garden outside... If you look closely, there are signs of new beginnings

Amid the remnants of Autumn, daffodil shoots are appearing...

And in the dull and drab coat that January wears, a little colour struggles to survive the cold and rain

Every morning I come outside to feed the birds and they wait patiently

Calling out when breakfast is served

I don't have a fancy camera... Just a little digital that I grab when I can and shoot on zoom through my window, and I was happy to at least get a shot of the new squirrel babies that use the trees as an outside playground

They are so quick!

In a few weeks I'm hoping to see greener outside, daffodils swaying in the breeze and Spring on the horizon...

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

The One Year celebrations are still going on for the next fortnight at Double D challenges and we hope you'll join in the fun!

The new challenge is being hosted by Dar's team and I'm joining in too. There are lots of prizes to be won both on the Double D blog and the team blogs so head on over for full details and of course to see all the beautiful creations both teams have created for this challenge

Black and White

I actually did 2 cards - This is the one up on the blog

I sketched some trees and this time I used just a variation of black and white paint to do some shading and then over stamped and embossed with an old stamp from Inkylicious

The second card is just a really quick and simple one

Just stamping and some washi tape... A requirement for the challenge at

Where I'll be entering my card

And before I go I can announce the winner of my blog prize from our last challenge

The winner is........

JUDY WOODLAND

Well done Judy ... Please email me with your address and I'll get your dies off to you!Wishing you all a lovely day!~ Ros ~

Marina is asking that we create a project using a shopping theme or anything inspired by the photo

I had to have to have a good think about this one... Here in the UK we are know for our buy one, get one free' offers and that was the basis of my card ... Two mice for the price of one!

This is all digitally done and I just coloured the images with Copics

We still have the talented Danielle Guesting with us and the winner of this challenge will also be offered a Guest Spot here at City Crafter, so get your thinking caps on and come and join us this week.

If like me you need inspiration then hop on over to the Blog to see what the team have come up with...

Friday, January 13, 2017

Firstly let me start off by saying a huge Thank you for all your birthday wishes, your messages and your gorgeous handmade cards AND the many gifts I received yesterday...

I'm quite overwhelmed... 33 cards arrived, and flowers? Take a look

I have a whole bunch of Thank you cards to make, that's for sure! What a brilliant day, finished of with an evening out with my son and husband at a local Greek restaurant...

Now it's friday13th, I don't usually think much about the superstition surrounding that, but when I went for my shower this morning the heating was off... I've no idea why, it did come on later. Then I was downloading my photos and inadvertently put my my SD memory card into the wrong slot on my Mac so began a major operation to get it out again. Thank goodness for those forums! Then I somehow managed to delete one of my files... Lol! Maybe I should pay more attention...

Just to finish I have another bird card I sketched and painted

My DH bought me an artist travel set for my birthday! Yay! That's going to be very useful

I hope your day goes well... Thank you all once again for making my day so special

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